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    The surname Stearns

    A surname, carried by 14,554 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /stɝnz/ 1 syllable Soundex S365

    Stearns: #2,479 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stearns #2,479, 14,554 people Stearns: #2,479 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stearns #2,479, 14,554 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stearns is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,554 people named Stearns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,214 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,444.

    #2,479
    rank among US surnames
    14,554
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,471Bliss14,58821,164
    #2,472Wakefield14,58721,166
    #2,473Kahn14,58421,170
    #2,474Barth14,57921,177
    #2,475Dove14,56021,205
    #2,477Noriega14,55921,207
    #2,478Cloud14,55521,212

    Who is named Stearns

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Stearns identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stearnss

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard E. Stearns
      American computer scientist, 1936–2026
    • Ozora P. Stearns
      American judge (1831-1896)
    • Cliff Stearns
      American politician, born 1941
    • Michael Stearns
      American composer, born 1948
    • Richard Stearns
      American sailor (1927–2022)
    • Amy Acton
      American physician and politician (born 1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stearns

    Stearns has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stearns?
    14,554 people in the United States had the surname Stearns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,214 Americans. It ranked 2,479th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stearns?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Stearns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stearns?
    Richard E. Stearns, American computer scientist, followed by Ozora P. Stearns.
    Where is the surname Stearns most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stearns in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Stearns?
    Stearns is /stɝnz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Stearns getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,554 in 2010, up 0.8%.